On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, when I insert a CF card with normal partioning I need /dev/da0s1, > > and this is not present in the /dev filesystem because the partition table > > has not been read. > > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt/cf > > mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: No such file or directory > > > > Just reading the first block is not sufficient: > > > > # dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/null count=1 > > 1+0 records in > > 1+0 records out > > 512 bytes transferred in 0.040984 secs (12493 bytes/sec) > > # mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt/cf > > mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: No such file or directory > > I think devfs is updated when a descriptor on the device > which was opended for writing is closed. But you don't > actually have to write anything. That means, the following > command should do it: > > # dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/da0 count=0
Or "fdisk da0" or "bsdlabel da0" or something like that :-) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
